Software Engineer (Mid & Senior Levels) - Full Stack, Ruby on Rails

About Caribou 

At Caribou, we care about giving people financial freedom so they can focus on what’s most important to them. Today, less than two percent of Americans refinance their auto loans despite drastic increases in the cost of new and used cars. We see huge potential to help folks reduce their monthly auto expenses, as well as increase the predictability of those expenses over time. We do this by building technology to pair customers with community banks and credit unions, and ushering them through the process quickly. On average, our drivers save $130/month on their car loans while protecting their investment long term. 

Caribou is led by leaders from the technology, automotive, and finance industries. We’re proud to be backed by a great team of investors, including QED Investors, Goldman Sachs, Moderne Ventures, Accomplice, Link Ventures, Motley Fool Ventures and others.

About the Role

We are hiring for both mid and senior level roles. The level and compensation will be determined based on experience and interview performance.

Do you thrive on delivering the product features that drive a company's business forward, collaborating with product and design colleagues on strategies and priorities, and working in continuously improving, learning culture? Then this may be the job for you. The Loan Origination team builds the software used by our agents to move a loan from application through to funded. Our approach focuses on continuous improvement by learning the agent’s needs and reducing friction.

What you'll do

• Scope: Implement web applications using Turbo and Stimulus in our Rails 7.1 codebase
• Technical Knowledge: Drive the improvement of the codebase by enforcing coding standards, and leading code reviews. 
• Impact: Integrate our core stack with contact center technologies to automate customer contacts via email, SMS, and automated dialing
• (Senior) Play a leadership role in planning and executing projects for new features and new experiments
• Interaction: Work with your team in our scrum process, efficiently and effectively delivering great software sprint by sprint
• Partner with Product Owners to understand the agent needs and business context for your product, participating in a collaborative environment for product design and evolution
• (Senior) Mentor and coach the engineers on your team to expand their skills in Ruby on Rails development

This role can be based out of our Caribou office in Denver, CO. Alternatively, this role may work remotely from a state where Caribou operates with a preference for the Chicago, IL, Denver, CO, or San Francisco, CA markets.*

Interview Roadmap:

• Recruiter phone interview (45 mins)
• At-home Ruby coding assessment (25-60 mins)
• Hiring Manager video interview (60 mins)
• Final interview loop (combined 4.5 hrs scheduled across 1-3 business days):
  • Technical Knowledge & System Design Interview (90 mins)
  • Project Delivery & Scope Interview (60 mins)
  • Product Partnership & Business Acumen Interview (60 mins)
  • Collaboration & Communication Interview (60 mins)

What we look for

• Prior work leading engineers maintaining and improving a medium to large Rails application
• Customer-focused engineers with an understanding of and passion for well-crafted software
• Driven, life-long learners and  lunch & learn sharers committed to expanding their skills and helping others learn with them
• Full-stack understanding of production software systems from hosts and HTML, to containers and caches, to databases and DNS, to runtimes and REST
• Collaborative team members who give and receive support to achieve team outcomes
• Seasoned engineers with experience deploying and operating their products in production, troubleshooting and resolving production incidents

How we will take care of you

Everyone at Caribou is a valued team member. Our compensation and benefits package includes: 

• Competitive compensation: $130-185k
• Equity options
• 401k savings program
• Generous paid time off including: Flexible Time Off (FTO) for all employees and 100% paid parental leave for all parents.
• Robust wellness benefits including company-paid plans for health, dental, vision, mental health, disability and basic life insurance.
• Optional benefits to suit your individual circumstances such as HSAs, FSAs, supplemental life and medical insurance, and pet insurance.
• Up to $1,000 per year fo